Ironing board



M. MOES momma BOARD I Aug. 12, 1941.

Filed Oct, 26, 1937 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 M. MOES IRONING BOARD Aug, 12, 1941.

Filed Oct. 26, 1937 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 Patented Aug. 12, 194i TES PATENT OFFICE Application October 26, 1937, Serial No. 171,042 In the Netherlands February 20, 1937 3 Claims.

My invention relates to an ironing board for the ironing of shirts.

In laundries, shirt-factories and the like shirts are as a rule ironed and finished on a fiat ironing-board. The shirt is placed with its back on the ironing-board, the collar-band is rounded manually and the front is ironed fiat around the collar-band.

More particularly as regards the manufacture of shirts this method involves the drawback that the collar-band is not truly round but depending on the ironer is imparted an oval or a sloping form in the longitudinal or transverse direction. Moreover different ironers do not told the shirt to the same width or they fold the shirt in such a way that the collar-band does not lie exactly in the middle. With shirts which are delivered to the trade, it is of great importance that they are finished to equal size and that the neckband lies exactly in the middle.

It is an object of my invention to provide an ironing board which allows finishing the shirts in such manner as to meet all these requirements.

To this end the ironing board according to my invention is equipped with a plate which is arranged for rotation about a vertical axis and for oscillation through 180 about a horizontal axis. Owing to this arrangement, when the shirt has been ironed on one side, the plate can be placed on the shirt, the shirt is folded around the plate and ironed and pinned, whereafter the plate is raised with the shirt, is then turned about the vertical axis and is laid down again. Now the other side is ironed and the shirt is removed from the plate. In this way all shirts are finished to equal size.

The movable plate may be hingedly connected to a turntable mounted on the ironing board.

According to a, further feature of the invention the ironing board or the turn-table may be provided with an extensible device for stretching the co1larband, so that the neck-band will always be given a truly round shape and will lie in the middle of the folded shirt, since the position of the stretching device relative to the turntable determines the position of the collar-band. In this manner the shirts are finished in a uniform manner.

In order that my invention may be clearly understood and more readily carried into efi'ect it is hereinafter described, by way of example, with reference to th drawings afiixed to this specification and forming part thereof, which loaded catch formed with a knob 3 serving to pull the catch to disengage it from the turn-table.

A plate 5 is secured to the turn-table 2 by means of hinges 4. The position of the plate 5 with relation to the hinge axis may be modi fied to adjust it to the length the shirts shall have after finishing. Adjustment is eiiected by loosening screws 6 in the hinges 4, so that rods 1 may be pulled out or pushed in, whereaftei the screws 6 are tightened again.

The turn-table 2 is formed with a cavity 8 in which is arranged the stretching device for the collar-band which consists of a metal band extending substantially in a circle. One end of this band slides on the other end with a loop Ii), so that the circle formed by the band can be enlarged or narrowed down. The two ends are fixed to arms II which are pivotally arranged on a vertical pivot pin [2. The resiliency of the band (or a spring arranged around the pin l2) tends to force the arms asunder. Studs M extend from the arms ll into slots [3 formed in the bottom of the cavity 8.

A forked bar l5 arranged below the board I can be shifted by means of a handle I6 and, if the handle [6 is moved to the left, will engage the studs l4 and force them together, whereby the circle formed by the band 9 is reduced. The band will expand again owing to its resiliency if the handle I 6 and the fork l5 are moved to the right.

This device operates as follows:

The ironer takes a preliminarily ironed shirt, which has been hung over the bar I! and places it on the board with the back upwards, as shown in Fig. 2, the plate 5 being in its left-hand position and the band 9 being contracted. In order to lay out the shirt accurately, the plate 5 is swung through to the right in order that the correct position of the shirt may be fixed by means of a mark l8 on the plate 5 (Fig. 3). Now the plate 5 is swung back to the left and the handle I6 is moved to the right, whereby the collar-band is stretched. In this position of the shirt the back is ironed. Now the plate 5 is turned over to the right again (Fig. 3) and a piece of cardboard is placed thereon which remains in the shirt when it is delivered to the trade. The shirt is then folded around the sides of the plate and is ironed, whereafter the lower end of the shirt is folded around the short end of the plate 5 and pinned together (Fig. 4).

Now the handle I6 is moved to the left to cause the stretching band 9 to contract. The catch is disengaged from the turn-table 2 by pulling the knob 3, the plate 5 with the shirt thereon is raised into upright position, the turn-table 2 is turned through 180 and locked again by releasing the knob 3, and the plate 5 is lowered again towards the right. The front of the shirt with the collar now lies on top ready to be ironed. Now the cuffs are turned over and pinned to the shirt and finally the shirt with the piece of cardboard in it is removed from the plate 5.

Obviously by finishing the shirts on the ironing board hereabove described the collar band will assume a true round shape and will lie in the middle of the shirt, while the size of the folded shirt will always be equal.

Certain changes may be made in the arrangement, construction and combination of the various parts of the ironing board without departing from the spirit of the invention.

I wish it to be understood that I do not desire to be limited to the exact details of construction shown and described for obvious modifications will occur to a person skilled in the art.

I claim:

1. A short folding table comprising in combination, a table and a plate arranged above said table to be rotated about a vertical axis and to be turned through about a horizontal axis.

2. A shirt folding table comprising in combination, a table, a turn-table mounted on said table and a plate hingedly arranged on said turntable to be turned through 180.

3. A shirt folding table comprising in combination, a table, a turn-table mounted on said table, a plate hinged to, and a collar stretcher arranged on said turn-table.

MARKUS MOES. 

